Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-05-12
NEWS SUMMARY.

A heavy fall of snow IS reported at
salt Lake City, Utah.
The Bucket-Shop bill has been pass
ed by the Illinois Senate.
An English syndicate has purchased
the Mulattos mine in Mexico for
$500, 600.
1t is announced that The Milwaukee
and st. Paul road VIII be extended To
Bismarck, Dakota, before fall
Judge James Bradley, a pioneer and
prominent citizen o. La Porte ipdi-
ana, is dead at the age of II.
A rumor comes from across the
water that Germany win soon declare
martial law in Alsace-Lorraine.
a number of new railroad enter
prlses, TO be carried out by American
capital, are projected in Mexico.
Tom Gould, the keeper Of a nOtori-
Gus dive in New York, has been fined
81 $50 for violating the excise law.
The New York assembly passed the
railroad commission bill for the heat
ing of passenger coaches by steam.
a bill prohibiting the use of store
orders, scrip, or notes in payment of
labor has passed the Michigan assem-
bly,.
Near Proctor, West Virginia, three
colored thieves. the brothers Sylvester.
were hanged to a tree by white citi-
Zens.
Thomas A. Edison and a party of
eight friends recently had 4 narrow
escape from drowning at Barlow,
Florida.
The coal-miners in the Hazleton dis
trlct OF Pennsylvania have decided to
ask an advance Of 10 per cent in their
wages.
The losses in the recent hurricane i'm
the pearl-lisheries off the Australian
coast are now estimated at 25J lives
and y boats
Transcontinental lines are begin
ming to be troubled by the Pacific Mail
steamship and Canada Pacific railway
competition.
The schooner Flying Scud was re-
Gently lost off the coast of Alaska,
with the owner, captain, and fourteen
native hunters.
Milo H. Dakin. "A member of the
Michigan house having been convicted
of soliciting brides, was expelled by
unanimous vote.
The Postal Telegraph company has
entered the field for California bust
ness at The rate 0i 81 tOr ten words
a cut of uLp-tmrd.
Judge James r. Bobo, of Decatur.
Indiana. on saturday injected fine
upon lis own son ,ur assault and bat
terry and lHtuXlcaLuu.
Thirteen Thousand c0ke-workers in
the COHHelIsville region struck oB
a. Al IN Il ~
cent. in their wages.
General W. I. Sherman was chosen
commander Of the Ohio conTnandery
OF the Loyal Legion at its annual
meeting in Cincinnati.
Umpire yackson's award agaFost the
proposed advance in miners wages
Will probably cause a general strike in
the Connellsyille region.
The Michigan Central road has made
arrangements with the Canadian Pa
citic by which trains OF the latter will
run to She Western States.
Thirty-tive thousand dollars 0s II
per cent Dakota bonds have just been
negotiated at premium of ! per C6nt.
including accrued interest.
1t is reported that the st. Paul read
Is likely to be extended this year to
Bismarck, and that land for terminal
facilities i@now being acquired.
DR. c. \, Hewitt president of she
Minnesota board Bf health, declares
positively that there is not a case Of
pleuro-pneumOnia in that state.
The Petit G0,aUal, of Paris, has Just
declared dividend eft IS per cent. On
last years business. The profits at
1855 amounted to ovsD El,0s0,0oo
Judge Van Bruno, of New YoIE>
denied the motion 10 qg@sh the Ia
dictment ag&lnst Jsnob Sharp, late
president OF the Broadway railroad.
After boripEtO a d3pth Of 1876 fe8t
at Lafayette, Indians for D3Gural gaBr
a strong vein or salt water was found,
and the enterprise We abandoned.
J. z. Harrington, Of Erie. who waS
seriously injurad in the Niekel-Plate
disaster at Silver Greek, has sued the
railroad company for 3ODeG damage,
W G. DE PAW, the well-knovn
manufacturer al Indiana
was stricken with apople1y Wednes-
day evening, and. is, net expected 10
live
The marriage OF Father Faudry, 81
charge of a Catholic Church at Baton
Rouge. was followed by divorce 10
the wife ON the gnound OF abm-
domment.
As precaution aEninst spies, Gene
raj BoulangeF has orueBed that tradss-
men shall be excluded from French
forts, exceps when accompanied by
soldiers.
Charles W. SmitE. claiming to De "A
theatrical agent in Chicago, has again
been arrested for shipping young girls
to dens of iuiamy 10 the mining campS
of Wisconsin.
President cleveland has RENTED fine
and costs in the case of Elisha b, Case,
who has iust completed a two years
term at Joliet fog the forgery ca pen
sion yOuchGrs.
\ list CT those indicted in st. LculS
by the Federal grand jury for election
frauds Includes ahirteen persons near
" All of whom have been pLNmlnent
in local politics
There was a total of 1871 failures IN
the United Staaes and Canada the last
week. against 100 for the preceding
week and 2OI for the corresponding
week last yeag.
An order by the chief CT police al
Toledo thas every gambling house he
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